Southern Panzanella

Panzanella is a classic Italian bread salad - it's a great way to use day-old bread and an abundance from the garden.  My version pays homage to the classic Southern lunch - the tomato sandwich.  It's a simple mayonnaise-based dressing and is a great way to use up day-old bread and an abundance of tomatoes!

Southern Panzanella

Ingredients

Salad

• 1/2 loaf day-old bread, cubed
• 1 quart cherry tomatoes, halved
• chives, for garnish

• Dressing

• 1/2 cup mayonnaise (more of less to your taste)
• 1 medium tomato, halved
• salt & pepper, to taste

Serves 6-8

To make dressing, sliced tomato and squeeze out liquid into the mayonnaise, salt and pepper to taste and whisk ingredients together.  Combine cubed bread and halved tomatoes (you can dice slicer tomatoes, but the cherry tomatoes hold up better) with dressing.  Garnish with chives.
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*If traveling, wait to combine until you arrive at your destination.  Depending on how dry your bread is you may want the salad to sit together for a few minutes to rehydrate the bread.